A few pictures

We are still adjusting to life with the three of us (it was so nice to have a live in housekeeper/gourmet chef for a week, thanks mom!). Charlotte is doing great, but is a little (ok a TON) gassy and it has been really uncomfortable for her at times. While I can't stand to listen to her cry and want to help her, Chris says all babies cry and he could almost fall asleep to the sound of her crying. Great, could you share that ability??? Chris went back to work this week too, and it's another adjustment, especially going from having Mom around helping, to two days later being by myself, but we are managing! We did go for a walk together the other day, slowly, but we still did it! Here is a picture of Charlotte in her stroller!

Charlotte has been keeping her eyes open for much longer stretches of time lately, Chris took advantage and decided to play with her for a little while before we put on jammies!

Chris has been calling her Lowly, after Lowly the worm from the Richard Scary books because all she does is squirm! Here she is laying on the bed moving all around!

Charlotte First Bath!

We were planning on giving Charlotte a bath tonight but she pooped and it went everywhere so we decided to fill the tub and bathe her this afternoon! She loved it for the most part! Chris got in the tub with her to make it easier, then exclaimed "what do I do now". Here are some pictures!

Happy St. Patrick's Day- Happy Birthday Chris!

Today is Chris' birthday AND St. Patrick's Day! We started off the day by bringing mom to the airport... boo... then we went to mine and Charlotte's post-partum appt. at the birth center. Charlotte weighs 7lb 2oz!!! I can't believe she is getting big so quick! We didn't sleep well last night because I have a horrible stomach ache, which I think was due to the antibiotic (which I stopped taking last night!) and Charlotte was sooo unhappy she screamed until 2am, which is NOT like her. Poor Baby. We lounged all day and finally went outside to take pictures in our St. Patty's Day outfits, which was a great idea, since Charlotte decided to poop all over her outfit right after we got inside! 

Mom made Chris a birthday cake last night and we had no candles, so Mom was so creative and put a real candle right in the middle!

Joli waited so patiently for cake!

Joli loved helping Chris open his presents!

Here is Chris's birthday present from Charlotte! She picked herself out a present too! It is a onesie that says "Born Into It- Boston Fan"

Here she is after her bath, her hair is so fluffy it looks like she has a mohawk!

Mom's Last Day

Mom is leaving tomorrow... boo. She has been such a great help. Chris and I were joking around at lunch time and he blew his BBQ chip breath in my mouth... 

Since Mom is leaving, she felt the need to get in as many pictures as she could today. She insisted of taking pictures of Baylie in the wagon. Chris and I were amazed that she actually sat in the wagon for the pictures!
She had Charlotte all propped up against the pillow. I would say from the look on her face she wasn't thrilled, except that she loves to make this scowl face....

Charlotte has been opening her eyes a lot more lately. She is very curious!

Tonight we put on cloth diapers for the first time. We were waiting until Charlotte's umbilical cord fell off, and the diapers looked SO big. We found out though that they really aren't THAT big, except it makes Charlotte have a big bottom!

Lisa got in some good Charlotte time tonight!

Mom was soaking up every bit of Charlotte she could get before she leaves tomorrow... I was sad, until she just yelled at me for blogging while she was sitting here...

Stop Growing!

Its been 10 days since Charlotte was born, and she is already getting bigger! I had a dream last night that she was already a huge baby with a huge head! I just want her to stay little! Yesterday I felt a lot better so we went to the outlets with Lisa and Joli and got Charlotte lots of cute clothes. Mom keeps saying she swears I only had a child to play dress up with the baby. Its a good thing we had a girl, although Chris is a little worried about the future shopping habits! 

Mom heard the weather was going to be unseasonably cold yesterday, so we bundled Charlotte up. Once we got to the outlets (which are inland) we had to strip her down to her onesie because it was too hot!

We bought Charlotte a new hat and had to try it on her!

Last night we got home late and didn't have time to cook dinner so we went out! I ordered a Margarita and it was sooo yummy!!!! 

Here is Chris snuggling with Baylie. We are trying to make sure we give her just as much love as before Charlotte came home!

This morning we decided to go to our favorite breakfast spot, the Crest Cafe, and while Mom and I were trying to get ready, Chris was watching Charlotte. This is how we found them...

We are planing on spending the rest of the day relaxing. Charlotte just loves her daddy and sleeping with him! She isn't too happy about the fact that he can't feed her though!

Footprints

Today we made impressions of Charlotte's little feet for her baby book. It was definitely a three person job! 

Here is the finished product!

Here is Charlotte with Mimi last night after dinner! We tried to keep her awake until we were ready to go to bed, but she didn't really go along with the plan! 

She did sleep though for 12 hours and only woke up 3 times! We felt so much better after actually sleeping! I still have mastitis in both breasts now, but started a different antibiotic today that is suppose to work better than the one I was previously on. Ugh... Im so sick of drugs! I felt a little better just from taking it easy the past couple days. I did run out to Walgreens with Mom to pick up my perscription just to get out of the house, and left Charlotte with Chris. She had eaten about a half hour before we left, but apparently, as soon as we left she started crying, which escladed into screaming and we got a call from Chris as we were pulling back into the driveway and you could hear Charlotte screaming in the background! Oops!

One week old!

Today Charlotte is a week old! Her due date was actually today! She continues to be an angel, although she wanted to rock and roll last night while we were trying to sleep. Today she had a big day, her first photo shoot! We had lots of fun, she even peed on Chris! I on the other hand have a breast infection and it hurts like hell. I've had a fever on and off for the last two days and it just isn't fun! We did lots of relaxing today and plan on having a pretty low key weekend! Here is a cute picture we got of while she was lounging with me tonight....